Onyomi: ソン, ゾン · Kunyomi: あ.る, たも.つ, と.う, ながら.える · Meanings: be aware of, believe, exist, feel, suppose
Kanji for be aware of, believe, exist, feel, suppose
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存 is formed from 子, meaning “child,” and the upper element representing something that continues above. A child symbolizes life that carries on into the future. The idea of something remaining and continuing to exist over time became central to this character. From this image, 存 came to mean to exist, remain, or survive.
存 shows a child continuing forward, representing existence and survival.
Picture a child growing and continuing to live into the future. That sense of continuing existence is 存.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 存在 | そんざい | existence, being, presence | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 存じる | ぞんじる | to know, to be aware (of), to be acquainted (with) | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 存続 | そんぞく | continuance, survival, persistence, retention, duration | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 存分 | ぞんぶん | to one's heart's content, as much as one likes, without reserve, freely, to the full | common Adverb (fukushi), Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 存じ上げる | ぞんじあげる | to know (someone) | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 存命中 | ぞんめいちゅう | in one's lifetime, (while) in life | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 存する | そんする | to exist, to remain, to live | Suru verb - special class, Intransitive verb |
| 存外 | ぞんがい | beyond expectation, contrary to expectations, unexpectedly | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Adverb (fukushi), Noun |
| 存在感 | そんざいかん | (sense of) presence | Noun |
| 永らえる | ながらえる | to have a long life, to live a long time | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 存ずる | ぞんずる | to know, to be aware (of), to be acquainted (with) | JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb - zuru verb (alternative form of -jiru verbs), Transitive verb |
| 存立 | そんりつ | existence, subsistence | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 存亡 | そんぼう | life or death, existence, destiny | common Noun |
| 存知 | ぞんじ | knowing, being aware (of) | common Noun |
| 存命 | ぞんめい | being alive | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |